We are in the process of building a Chicken Coop for my daughter. She wants Chinese Silkies, but we have been told that this breed aren't really good layers. My question is this - can Chinese Silkies be kept with other breeds - such as Isa Browns or Australorps?

Thanks for that - I have been doing a bit of reading on this forum - do you think a better mix would be Silkies with Wyandottes or Barnies - or do you think it best not to mix the breeds together at all. I was also perhaps thinking of getting older Chinese Silkies and younger other breeds. Friends who live two doors up have Isa Browns, 1 Sussex and 1 Silkie - don't seem to have any problems although Chinese silkie is very docile.

I have had silkies with australorps and wyandottes with no problems at all. But the lorps I have are also good with chicks and ducklings so maybe I just have a quiet strain of lorp. But I wouldn't put a silkie hen with a lorp roo - just too big for her. My silkies were never good layers except for one white hen. She would lay 20 eggs (1 every 2 days) and go broody - and after leaving chicks about 6 weeks later would start laying after about a week until the next 20 eggs - give or take a few. Also laid through winter. I now have peklins and they lay 2 every 2 days for 3 hens. They are much hardier than the silkie but the silkies were just so cute and sweet.

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